The Personality Disorder Test

Histrionic PD

You scored 60% on Openness, 40% onConscientiousness, 50% on Extraversion, and 80% on Agreeableness.

Your score places you closest to Histrionic Personality Disorder, a disorder marked by exaggerated displays of emotion and extensive efforts to attract attention. Individuals with this disorder express discomfort in situations where they are not the center of attention and are easily influenced by other people or by certain situations. They are often inappropriately sexual and seductive in their dress and behavior, and tend to assume their relationships with others are more intimate than they actually are. They exhibit an impressionistic style of speech, meaning that they might, for example, express a strong opinion but have no details or knowledge to justify the opinion when questioned. Histrionic Personality Disorder is classified as a Cluster B "Dramatic/Erratic" disorder.

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